Our Spring/Summer 2002 newsletter is available for viewing and downloading! It features: Dugout Lake Conservation Easement donation by the Fuller family (Oneida County); Conservation focus areas; and Two new conservation donations from the Towner-Sposito family and Killebrew family in the Springstead region of Iron County. Featured photo of Dugout Lake – by Mark Bugnaski

Our “Shoreland Protection Initiative” is currently being promoted to residents in Vilas County and northern Langlade County. The goals of the Initiative are to educate the public about the value of protecting undeveloped shoreline along our lakes, pond and rivers in Wisconsin’s northwoods and to motivate landowners to conserve their land for future generations. The

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The 2022 Northwoods Land Trust Annual Meeting will be held on Friday, June 10th at 1 pm the Sherman Town Hall outdoor pavilion in Iron County to showcase the conservation projects over the past year as well as programmatic accomplishments and a financial report. RSVP Now! The featured guest presenter is Zach Wilson of the

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Our new four-part video series titled ‘Conserving Private Lands’ features landowners who have donated conservation easements and showcases how private landowners have a role to play in preserving Wisconsin’s landscape. Learn why landowners are motivated to forever protect their lands, and what features of the properties are conservation priorities of the Northwoods Land Trust (NWLT).

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Check out our calendar of events and bust out your snowshoes with NWLT to celebrate the new year and reflect on what was accomplished in 2021: five new properties were conserved, protecting approximately 522 acres of additional land, 3 miles of lake shoreline, and 1 mile of river & stream shoreline. Thank you to the

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Our fall / winter 2021 newsletter is available for viewing and downloading! It features the completion of the Beaver Creek Hemlocks land campaign; the story of eastern hemlock; changes to our staff and board of directors; and the Minocqua Thoroughfare Conservation Easement. If you’d like to support our efforts, please join as a member or

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Check out our video featuring John Bates and Ron Eckstein, NWLT board members, highlighting the values of old-growth forests in northern Wisconsin and the Beaver Creek Hemlocks conservation project. Subscribe to our YouTube channel.   

The Beaver Creek Hemlocks Campaign is Complete! The campaign was such a success, the fundraising goal was surpassed in October 2021! Over $411,000 was raised through private donors and grant makers – thank you to all who contributed to this project’s campaign! This additional funding will allow NWLT to construct a parking lot, boardwalks, trails

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NWLT welcomes Frank Schroyer as its new Land Conservation Associate to support the stewardship and monitoring of conservation lands, as well as educational and outings programs. Frank lived in several different areas of Wisconsin growing up, and graduated from the University of Wisconsin –Milwaukee in 2017 with a B.S. in Biological Sciences and B.S. in Conservation

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Please check out NWLT’s most recent Annual Report, covering conservation achievements and more over the past year (July 1, 2020-June 30, 2021), plus a listing of all 2020 fiscal year donors and audited financial reports. View or download the Report In summary, conservation during this time included: • 25 inquiries were made by landowners interested

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